A tragic tot who died after sustaining serious injuries in an apartment in Cork has been named locally as Santina Cauley.
Little Santina was rushed to Cork University Hospital at 5am on Friday morning after she was found with serious head injuries.
She was later pronounced dead and Gardai at Anglesea Street have begun an investigation into the infant's death.
One line of enquiry being pursued by gardai is that the child may have suffered an assault.
Sources have said that a man and a woman in the apartment have been speaking to Gardai about the incident as forensic specialists also examined the scene.
The two-year-old child, named locally as Santina Cauley, was found by Gardai in a critical condition inside a house on the south side of Cork city shortly after 5am.
She died in Cork University Hospital a few hours later and gardai launched an investigation.
